Summary

In an AU where Jim was expelled from Starfleet for cheating on the Kobayashi Maru and became a firefighter, Leonard McCoy obtained custody of Joanna and is trying to make a quiet life as an emergency medic in Atlanta. That is, until a series of suspicious fires reveals that someone wants him and Joanna dead.....

Summary

Thick amusement at his pathetic struggles overtakes his desperation. It is the fascinated yet disengaged feeling a sociopathic child would have ripping the legs off a bug.He can almost see thick black brows raised in thinly veiled pleasure as deep brown eyes study the various variables of an interesting specimen. The words that made his blood run cold in his veins, echo within his mind.“Our minds are merging, Doctor.”

Or: Leonard is struggling though the aftermath of a forced mind meld while Jim and Spock think this is the perfect time to try and bring him into their relationship.

Summary

"Jim didn't know where he had gone wrong.

All he had done was organise a birthday party for his best friend, as a way to say thank you for all the times the man he been there for him, had offered an open ear, his support. .... Thinking back to it now, Jim supposed that was the moment when the evening had taken a turn for the worse."

After a surprise birthday party ended with the guest of honour having to leave early, Jim seeks out his best friend to apologize. Turns out, surprise parties can unravel a lot of deeply buried issues and reveal some similiarities Jim honestly wishes he wouldn't have in common with his friend....